Coat-hanger for wardrobe-trunks.



F. H. PARKHUBST. GOAT HANGER FOR WARDROBB TRUNKS.

APPLICATION FILED Ar..1,"19o5.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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m W m d@ m w w u y@ F. H. PARKHURST. GOAT HANGER FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS.

\ APPLIUATION FILED APR. 1, 190s.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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UNITED STATES; PATENT orricn;l

FREDERIC H.- PARKHURST, OF BANGOR, MAINE.`

COAT-HANGER For. lWarmamsn-raumKs.

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Specification of Letters Patent. l

' ratentedreb. 6,1912.

Application filed April 1, 1905. Serial No. 253,238.

.` -To allee/mm t may concern:

,The object of -theprescnt invention is to' providea novel coat-hanger which isv es- ;lrfh l'pecially adapted for use in .so-called Ward robe-trunks, that is, trunks which have a hanging-'compartment in which coats, suits and other 'garments arci packed for transportationby being hung onv suitable garment-hangers. These trunks usually are made to stand on end when they are' open '20 and .areprovided with a garment-support, pgi1 -Qdfrom which the Various garments stellung fg order toprevent the suitsfrom shifting4 their position'while the trunk is intran-- sit,;itis customary to compress them in the hanging-compartment by means of suitable securing devices, said devices usually being im Qnstruct-ed to .apply considerable pressure tar-the suits or other garments. 80 .,In Patent No. 768,683, dated August 13, i904', granted to me I have described and claimed a Wardrobe trunk in which a clothes retainer in the form of a gateis used for applying pressure to the coats and other 3.5 garments ,supported in the hanging coinpartnient of the trunk, said clothes-retainer A 'vr eri-Ain operative -positionv applying Sullia .cientlppressure to the 'garments toprevent shifting during transportation. '40's t Very desirable that thev garments shoilldbe so supported in a Wardrobe trunk that, they4 will not become wrinkled when subjected te the pressure necessary to keep from" shifting, for. otherwise they 6' 'hayeto be pressed after having been kedin thetrunk before they -would be .fit

v Srofar as I ani aware no one prior to my ixyention hasattemptedto devise a eoat 'hanger which 4has been especially designed meet the requirements ol" use'vin a wardro jtrunk. Such a coat-hanger should be 1;- tlii,n,and flat so as tQ-occupy a minimum Sfiae,fi1nd should he so shaped-.thata. coat mjfrymbe. supported thereon in va perfectly c0nditio11 with allv the fullness taken Aup 'have the appearance of just so that no Wrinkles can lbe formed in the coat by the pressure4 to which itis subjected Awhile packed in the trunk. #After a long pcriod of experimeritingIl have evolved the coat-hanger illustrated in the accompanying drawings,'which coat-hanger is so constructed that, first, all the looseness -in both the front and back of thecoat will' lie perfectly dat and the coat can therefore be subjected to pressure Without being wrinkled, second, the collar of the coat is filled out and kept in an unwrinkled condition, and third, the sleeves may be lfolded tiatly across 4the front of the coat Without Wrinkling atthe shoulT ders.

' When a coat Ais hung properly upon my improved coat-hangerand adjusted there-' on, as above described, the front and back of thecoat lie flatly together without Wrinkles and the coat maybe placed in a 'Wardrobe trunk' and subjected to the `necessary pressure to hold the garmentsin place Without putting into the coat any Wrinkles or creases other than those which are na-'tilrally left t ierein by the process of pressing. A pluralityfo'f coats therefore properly suspended on my improved hangers may be packed in a wardrobeV trunk vand shipped long distances, and when unpacked'the coats are in a rcadyto-wear condition and are absolutely free fromxwrinkles. In' fact they having been pressed.

Referring now to the drawings Figure l is a front view of my improved hanger showing how the coat is hung thereon, the coat being shown in full lines and the hanger in Adotted lines, said View showing the front of the coat; Fig. `2 is a similar View of the hanger showing the back of the coat shoulders; Fig. 3 shows how I make my hangers 1sary in size, the full lines showing one size of hanger andthe dotted lines the next smaller size; Fig. 4 is a section on the line *.e, Figj-Q Fig. 5 shows a. plurality of 'hangers with ,different lengths of hook.-

be 'made of. any mae l The coat-hanger may terial, although I preferably" use Wood as this is 'easy to Work into shape and makes a lightcoat-hanger-.f The coat-hanger 'ils made thin' as practical, and the twosides 13 and 14. thereof vare made flat. The coathanger is shapedto present ahollow triangle having the two inclined edges 4 which terminate at'their upper ends in upwardly y curved edges or portions 5 and a connecting brace 8 joining the lower ends. The lower corners are shaped to present the rounded portions 16 which merge into a flatter por'- tion 15, this special shape ofI end having sleeves in proper position when they are folded, as will be more fully hereinafter described.

In placing acoat upon my improved hanger preparatory to packing it in a wardrobetrunk the coatis arranged so that the shoulders hang over the edgesl 4 and the collai` 6 of the coat is supported by the upwardly curved portions '5 of the hanger.

To roperly support the coat the hanger i 'shoul be of such a 'size and the coat should e -be so placed thereon that thetips 17 at the t extremity of the curved .edges `:3 will come i (lush with or pro'ect slightly'above the top of the collai-as 'S own in the drawings. If

with the'coat thus supported onthe'hanger the front edges fof the coat are lapped by i each other sufficiently totake up the fullness or slack therein, it will be found vthat the coat lies perfectly dat across the shoulders against one side of the coat hanger and per- V 'fectly flat across the chest against the other i 1 side ofjthefcoat-hanger, the collar in the jf meantimebendingsharply over the curved portions "and being 'sustained in an `unwrinkled condition. This result is attained bythe uliar. shape en to the hanger.

The anger should of such a size that the en'ds 15 thereofwill just 'enter slightly the arm-eyes so, as to support the shoulders f of the coat clear -to the sleeve. After thef coat has been thus placed onthe hanger the sleeves sbould'be folded across the front of 1 the coat, as shown in Fig. 1, and pinned tot gether, the folds in the sleeve being taken along the line of crease usually'made when the garment is ressed. Because of'the! peculiar shape o the'end. of the hanger, j

that is, lthe rounded point n16 and the flatter f surface '.15 the folding of the sleeves against I the front of the coat ma be accomplished without putting any wrin es into the sleeve/Y at the shoulder of the coat, the back of the sleeves being folded about and drawn over the Hatter portion 15 of the hanger.

lVhen a oo at. is thussupported on my improved hanger' all fullness or slackness therein is taken up, and both'the front, back and sleeves of the coat lie perfectly -iiat so that the coat may be packed in a wardrobe trunk such as shown in my patent and subjected tothe pressure necessary to hold the garments in their proper place without'having any wrinkles put lnto the coat.

In order to properlysupport a coat on my 'improved hanger, as above described, it will be observed that the hanger should have a size corresponding to the size of the coat, in other wordsimthe hanger must be madeto 65 ihthe 603i.

been designed to hold the upper ends of the l lin the trunk without wrinkling.

Since one standard size of hanger will not' answer for all sizes of coats -I propose to i make my hangers in different sizes, the difg ferent sizes varying from each other,' as

shown in Fig. 3.

The size of hanger for a thirty-six coat. will be made withthe neck-supporting pori tions 5 farther apart than a coat-hanger made to support a coat of size 34, and simii larly the first named coat hanger will be i longer between the points 16 than the smaller sized hanger. By thus having y hangers of different sizesV it is possiblefor any one in purchasing al hanger to select the particular hanger which-w1ll fithis in- 80 dividual coat.

I propose to make the coat-hangers for use in any individual trunk With sustaining-hooks'QO of different lengths, as shown Ain Fig. 5, .so-that when a plurality of coats are hung in the trunk the shoulders of the coats will come at different heights. t This prevents the thickest portions of the garments from all standing in the same plane and thus enables me to in more closely.

In order to permitthe hangers with the shortest sustaining hooks to be attached t0 or taken `from the hanging-rod in the trunk I prefer to make the upper edge of the coathangers concaved, as shown at 21.

'Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-:- A

1. In a coat hanger for aeking coats and similar garments in a war obe trunkwithout creasing, a thin flat body portion re senting the two garment-supporting si es 4: which terminate at their upper ends in dished. or upwardlycurved collar-distending and supporting portions 5, which p0rtions are more widely separated than the I supported portions ofthe collar when in natural position on the wearer, whereby when the coatis placed on the hangerthe front of the coat 1s raised and held in ,such position that it will lie perfectly flat and can be pressed against the back of the coat 2. In a coat hanger for packing coats and similar garments. without creasing, a.body portion of substantially hollow triangular. form made of thin flat sheet material, the base of the triangle comprising a brace -bar for the arment supporting sides 4, said sides 4 t curving outwardly from the base portion and terminating at their upper ends in dished o'r upwardly and opposltely curved portions 5,said curved portions 5 being convergent andy; lying far enough, 13.5 apart to constitute a collar distender or sup- Y" port, thatpart` of the hanger between t e extremities 17 o f the`, curved portions 5V being deeply dished or acut down to receive a' supporting -hook or similarfastening de- 4136 pack the garments 90 'of the edges 15 with the exterior edges of vaforesaid brace bar being beveled and vice, the aforesaid garment supporting yet reserve the proper, angular relations 10 sides terminating at their lower extremities between the sides 4 and the-"edges 15. in edges l5, seid edges running substtm- In testimony whereof, I have signed my tielly et right anglesto the sides 4, the body name to this specification, in theV presence of of the triangle at the points of intersection two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERIC H. PARKHURST.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. ANDERSON,

N. I. WINsLoW.

the sides 4 and the exterior edge of the rounded to eliminate all sharp points and 

